Is serum endocan a sensitive biomarker for early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after radiofrequency ablation?

Background And Aim Of The Work: Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) is one of the common liver cancers and considered to be the sixth most commonly occurring cancer in the world and the second leading cause of death among cancer patients. More recent studies on HCC showed that the elevated serum endocan level was a predictive factor of recurrence after radiofrequency ablation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the serum endocan level as a prognostic biomarker for recurrence of HCC after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation.

Measurement of serum glutathione peroxidase, catalase and superoxide dismutase concentration in patients with external anogenital warts before and after treatment with intralesional tuberculin purified protein derivative.

External anogenital warts are considered the commonest viral sexually transmitted infection that has serious negative psychological effects on both males and females such as anxiety and marked stress. Aim of this work is to measure serum glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), catalase and superoxide dismutase enzyme level in patients with external anogenital warts before and after intralesional tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD) injection. This study carried out 59 patients with anogenital warts recruited from the dermatology clinic and the andrology clinic, Suez Canal University hospital.